Forgotten Weapons
Published 4 Oct 2025Welcome back to Part II of our biography on Lauri Törni / Larry Thorne with author and researcher Kari Kallonen. Today we are covering Thorne’s life and exploits after emigrating to the United States. He joined the US Army, then 10th Special Forces Group in Germany, and was one of the original Green Berets in Vietnam until his death in a helicopter crash in October 1965. His remains were only recovered in 1999, and Mr. Kallonen was part of the team that traveled to Vietnam for the recovery effort.
Törni/Thorne shirts & patches:
https://varusteleka.com/products/forg…Born a Soldier: The Times and Life of Larry Thorne by J. Michael Cleverley; recommended English language book on Thorne: https://amzn.to/3ZUjni4
Kari Kallonen’s book in Finnish is available here:
/ lauri-t-rni—mannerheim-ristin-ritari-ja-usaPhantom Fighters, the US Army documentary that includes Thorne, is viewable here:
https://archive.org/details/youtube-h…
March 4, 2026
Larry Thorne Biography Part 2: Green Berets in Vietnam
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